1102 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Low shrub, less than 10 cm. high, the branches puberulent ; leaves short - 

 petiolate, oblong or oblong-obovate, 6 to 18 mm. long, obtuse, serrulate, glabrous 

 or with a few stipitate glands beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary ; corolla 4 to 

 4.5 mm. long. 



3. Vaccinium consanguineum Klotzch, Linnaea 24: 64. 1851. 



Chiapas. Central America ; type from ChiriquI Volcano, Panama, 

 Shrub or small tree, the branchlets puberulent or glabrate ; leaves mostly 

 elliptic-oblong, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long, acute, crenate-serrate, glabrous or nearly 

 so ; racemes short and few-flowered or sometimes 4.5 cm. long ; corolla urceolate, 

 pink, 6 to 7 mm. long ; fruit black, 5 to 7 mm. in diameter. 



3. Vaccinium stenophyllum Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 740. 1841. 

 Vaccinium angustifolium Benth. PI. Hartw. 45. 1840. Not V. angustifolium 



Ait. 1789. 



Vaccinium angustifolium glaucescens Benth. PI. Hartw. 45. 1840. 



Sinaloa, Tepic, and Jalisco ; type from Bolaiios, Jalisco. 



Shrub, sometimes 3 meters high, the branches puberulent ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 elliptic-lanceolate to linear-oblong, 2 to 4.5 cm. long, acute or acuminate, 

 glandular-serrulate or entire, lustrous, paler beneath ; racemes terminal, very 

 leafy. " Madrono chino," " mandrofiito " (Sinaloa). 



4. Vaccinium leucanthum Schlecht. Linnaea 8: 524. 1833. 

 Waccinium schlecht end alii Don, Hist Dichl. PI. 3: 856. 1834. 

 Vaccinium micranthum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 7: 568. 1839. 



Michoacan to Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, and Oaxaca ; type from San Sal- 

 vador, near Chlconquiaco, Veracruz. 



Shrub, sometimes 4.5 meters high, the branches puberulent ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-ovate, 2 to 4.5 cm. long, acute, glandular-serrate, glabrous or nearly 

 so ; racemes many-flowered, 3 to 6 cm. long ; corolla globose or urceolate ; fruit 

 black, 5 mm. in diameter. " Axocopaconi " (Puebla) ; " cahuichi," " cahuitzi " 

 (Hidalgo, Veracruz). 



5. Vaccinium cordatum Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer, Bot. 2: 274. 1881. 

 Gaylussacia cordifolia Mart. & Gal. Bull Acad. Brux. 9^: 529, 1842. Not 



Vaccinium cordifolium Stapf, 1894, 

 Veracruz; type from Pedregal de Las Vegas, near Jalapa, 

 Erect shrub, the branchlets puberulent; leaves broadly ovate, 3 to 4.5 cm. 

 long, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at base, crenate-serrate, nearly glabrous, 

 pale beneath ; racemes axillary, 2 to 3.5 cm. long ; corolla 6.5 mm. long ; fruit 

 5 mm. in diameter. 



6. Vaccinium confertum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 265. pi. 250. 1819. 

 Vaccinium eriocladum Dimal in DC. Prodr.. 7: 571. 1839. 

 Vaccinium brachystachyum Benth. PI. Hartw. 65. 1840. 



Vaccinium discolor Mart. &. Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9^: 531. 1842. 



Chihuahua to San Luis Potosf, Chiapas, and Sinaloa ; type collected near 

 Mor^n and Cerro de Oyamel, Hidalgo. 



Shrub, 0.3 to 1 meter high, the branchlets puberulent or hirtellous ; leaves 

 oval to oblong-ovate, 6 to 15 mm. long, obtuse or acute, crenate-serrate, pale 

 beneath and glandular ; racemes few-flowered, equaling or shorter than the 

 leaves ; corolla white or pink, 3 to 4 mm. long ; fruit black, 5 to 6 mm. in diam- 

 eter. 



